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24.3; MS Windows, `call-process-shell-command' fails on `shell-quote-argument'ed bat file with quoted args

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: bug#18745: closed (Re: bug#18745:)
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2015 18:31:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#18745: 24.3; MS Windows, `call-process-shell-command' fails on `shell-quote-argument'ed bat file with quoted args

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 18745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18745-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18745:
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 19:29:50 +0100

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On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Yes, thanks.

OK, thanks. Installed. I'm re-closing this thread.

> It doesn't fail for me, even if I run the test many times.

That's interesting. I'll look into it.

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3; MS Windows, `call-process-shell-command' fails on
 `shell-quote-argument'ed bat file with quoted args
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:33:55 -0400

From emacs -Q, evaluating

  (call-process-shell-command (shell-quote-argument "c:/path with
space/foo-bar.bat") nil t t (shell-quote-argument "x y"))

or the equivalent

  (call-process-shell-command "\"c:/path with space/foo-bar.bat\"" nil
t t "\"x y\"")

gives

  'c:/path' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.

It also fails for paths without a space:

  (call-process-shell-command "\"c:/path-without-space/foo-bar.bat\""
nil t t "\"x y\"")

gives

  'c:/path-without-space/foo-bar.bat" "x' is not recognized as an
internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.

Doing the same with an .exe file works correctly. Quoting the spaces
with ^ works for the .bat file:

  (call-process-shell-command "c:/path^ with^ space/foo-bar.bat" nil t
t "\"x y\"")

gives

  this is foo-bar, arg1 = "x y", arg2 =

But this doesn't work for .exe files.

foo-bar.bat has contents

  @echo this is foo-bar, arg1 = %1, arg2 = %2

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